IN-18

There’s a difference between being in a room and being in the right room.

This Women’s History Month, being back with the Fund alumni community at was a reminder of what real community capital looks like.

Not surface-level connection.
Not exchanging business cards.

But being in proximity to women who are building, scaling, questioning, and evolving in real time.

I’ve been looking forward to diving into The Science of Scaling by Dr. Benjamin Hardy gifted to us, and the conversation in the room matched that energy what does it actually take to grow something that lasts, without losing the essence of why you started?

Friend and strategic partner said something that stayed with me, not as a quote to repeat, but as a reminder of how important it is to stay grounded in who you are and keep persevering, she was one of the first people I shared my entrepreneurial vision with back in 2017.

And hearing Erica of Reign Ventures speak reinforced something I’ve seen over and over again building something that matters to you is not optional. It’s the only way the work sustains.

That’s the real return on community.

It sharpens how you think.
It challenges how you move.
And it keeps you honest about what you’re building and why.

The rooms you choose matter or reinforce where you are, pay attention to your choices and always pay it forward.